Tag: Chinese Professional Baseball League

After the Banciao District Prosecutors’ Office confirmed Tuesday that he had been released on bail of NT$80,000 last week, the La New Bears immediately announced they were expelling him from the team and would sue for compensation.

Chang has denied from start to finish that he ever accepted money to lose games, reports said. When prosecutors cast an eye on his purchases of expensive cars, he claimed he lent money from the game-fixing group to buy the vehicles, but prosecutors were considering indicting him for defrauding the group because he accepted their money but did nothing in return, media reported.

Via Taiwan News, Sports Affair Council Minister Tai Hsia-ling insists that the league will not disappear.

"We will not allow the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) to disappear or Brother Elephants to be disbanded," said Sports Affairs Council Minister Tai hsia-ling at an inter-ministerial meeting aimed at figuring out ways and means to keep the CPBL afloat.

According to evidence collected by the Taipei branch of the Ministry of Justice's Investigation Bureau, the players rigged games in a number of ways, including throwing easy pitches to hit, walking batters, purposely committing fumbles or deliberately striking out.

Once the gambling syndicate run by Tsai cashed in on its bets as a result of the players' actions, it would then pay off the players through intermediaries, the Investigation Bureau believes.

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